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insect." . Klug describes the prothoracic tubercles as 

 " parum elevatis," whilst in Waterhousei they are as de- 

 scribed by Baly himself "validum subconicum." lu the 

 figure by Klug the tarsi are drawn of normal appearance. 

 The species to my thinking is vmdoubtedly L. hopei, of 

 which the male was unknown to Saunders. L. hreweri 

 appears to be only a slight variety of this species. 



Lachnabothra saundersi, Baly. 



(Plates XXV, XXVI, figs. 178, 180, 181.) 



The exact locality of his specimens was unknown to 

 Baly. I have specimens agreeing with his description 

 from Sydney, Wollongong and Queanbeyan (N. S. Wales). 

 Two males from Tasmania have the base of the elytra and 

 the greater portion of the prothorax stained with black. 



Lachnabothra waterhousei, Baly. 

 Hah. N. S. Wales : Forest Reefs. 



Lachnabothra wilsoni, Baly. 

 Hah. S. Australia, 



Prasonotus submetallicus, Suff. 



Frasonotus morhillosus, Baly. 

 „ morhillosus, Chp. 



„ chapuisi, Blackb, 



(Plate XXIV, fig. 106.) 



I believe that morhillosus, Baly, and morhillosus, Chp., 

 both belong to this species. I have taken a considerable 

 number of specimens in Western Australia, all on Xan- 

 thorrhoiie. The specimens which I refer to the species 

 vary to a remarkable degree in the sculpture of prothorax 

 and elytra ; on some small specimens the prothorax is punc- 

 tate only, except for a few strigosities at the outer base ; 

 in others the strigosities extend round the sides and front, 

 whilst in some large specimens the sculpture agrees ex- 

 actly with Baly's descriptions of those of morhillosus. On 

 the small specimens the elytra are regularly seriate-punc- 

 tate, or regularly striate-punctate, except close to the 

 shoulders : in the larger ones the punctures are not only 

 much larger, but very much more irregular, but close to 

 the suture apex and outer margins (except close to the 



